Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'Normal atmospheric dispersion as the cause of the "green flash" at sunset, with illustrative experiments' by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh

Reference number: RR/40/65

Date: 27 November 1929

Description

Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. A description of the phenomena should be added to the start of the paper.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1930].

Endorsed on verso as received 28 November 1929.

Reference number
RR/40/65
Earliest possible date
27 November 1929
Physical description
Standardised form (type D)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Alfred Fowler

View page for Alfred Fowler

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Alfred Fowler, Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'Normal atmospheric dispersion as the cause of the "green flash" at sunset, with illustrative experiments' by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, 27 November 1929, RR/40/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_40_65/referees-report-by-alfred-fowler-on-a-paper-normal-atmospheric-dispersion-as-the-cause-of-the-green-flash-at-sunset-with-illustrative-experiments-by-robert-john-strutt-lord-rayleigh, accessed on 15 June 2026

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_40_65/referees-report-by-alfred-fowler-on-a-paper-normal-atmospheric-dispersion-as-the-cause-of-the-green-flash-at-sunset-with-illustrative-experiments-by-robert-john-strutt-lord-rayleigh

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_40_65/referees-report-by-alfred-fowler-on-a-paper-normal-atmospheric-dispersion-as-the-cause-of-the-green-flash-at-sunset-with-illustrative-experiments-by-robert-john-strutt-lord-rayleigh" title="Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'Normal atmospheric dispersion as the cause of the "green flash" at sunset, with illustrative experiments' by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

    View collection